diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89b575ef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "nuget"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "tuesday"
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "*"
+        update-types: 
+          - "version-update:semver-major"
+
+  - package-ecosystem: "dotnet-sdk"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "tuesday"
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "*"
+        update-types: 
+          - "version-update:semver-major"
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index e9c7569ca..d7213f849 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Storage.Blobs" Version="12.24.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Storage.Queues" Version="12.22.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Castle.Core" Version="5.0.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="ImpromptuInterface" Version="6.2.2" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net462' OR '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net472'" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="ImpromptuInterface" Version="6.2.2" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48' OR '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net472'" />
     <PackageVersion Include="ImpromptuInterface" Version="7.0.1" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights" Version="2.21.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.OwinSelfHost" Version="5.3.0" />
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Reactive.Core" Version="4.4.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
   
-  <!-- Product dependencies with net462 only-->
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net462'">
+  <!-- Product dependencies with net48 only-->
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48'">
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Azure.KeyVault.Core" Version="1.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.Edm" Version="5.8.5" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.OData" Version="5.8.5" />
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter" Version="1.0.0-beta.4" />
     <PackageVersion Include="CommandLineParser" Version="2.4.3" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net6.0'" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="CommandLineParser" Version="1.9.71" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net462'" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="CommandLineParser" Version="1.9.71" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48'" />
     <PackageVersion Include="EnterpriseLibrary.SemanticLogging.EventSourceAnalyzer.NetCore" Version="2.0.1406.4" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Core" Version="5.3.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Diagnostics.EventFlow.Core" Version="1.5.6" />
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.4" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="6.0.10" />
     <PackageVersion Include="WindowsAzure.Storage" Version="9.3.3" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net6.0'" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="WindowsAzure.Storage" Version="8.7.0" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net462'" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="WindowsAzure.Storage" Version="8.7.0" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48'" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <!-- Test dependencies with net6.0-->
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Owin.Hosting" Version="4.2.2" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <!-- Test dependencies with net462-->
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net462'">
+  <!-- Test dependencies with net48-->
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48'">
     <PackageVersion Include="EnterpriseLibrary.SemanticLogging" version="2.0.1406.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="EnterpriseLibrary.SemanticLogging.TextFile" version="2.0.1406.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Owin.Hosting" Version="4.2.2" />
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   
 
-  <!-- Samples dependencies with net462-->
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net462'">
+  <!-- Samples dependencies with net48-->
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48'">
     <PackageVersion Include="ncrontab" version="1.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/samples/DurableTask.Samples/DurableTask.Samples.csproj b/samples/DurableTask.Samples/DurableTask.Samples.csproj
index 2782a3274..6a5c66ba5 100644
--- a/samples/DurableTask.Samples/DurableTask.Samples.csproj
+++ b/samples/DurableTask.Samples/DurableTask.Samples.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net462</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net48</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric.csproj b/src/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric.csproj
index 5ed626ae5..770052ae9 100644
--- a/src/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric.csproj
+++ b/src/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory),DurableTask.sln))\tools\DurableTask.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net462;net472</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net48;net472</TargetFrameworks>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     <PackageId>Microsoft.Azure.DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric</PackageId>
     <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);NU5104</NoWarn>
  </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net462'">
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48'">
     <Reference Include="System.Web" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/DurableTask.Emulator/DurableTask.Emulator.csproj b/src/DurableTask.Emulator/DurableTask.Emulator.csproj
index b89e40bcc..6b4d3aa1c 100644
--- a/src/DurableTask.Emulator/DurableTask.Emulator.csproj
+++ b/src/DurableTask.Emulator/DurableTask.Emulator.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory),DurableTask.sln))\tools\DurableTask.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net462</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net48</TargetFrameworks>
     <PackageId>Microsoft.Azure.DurableTask.Emulator</PackageId>
     <!--NuGet licenseUrl and PackageIconUrl/iconUrl deprecation. -->
     <NoWarn>NU5125;NU5048</NoWarn>
diff --git a/src/DurableTask.ServiceBus/DurableTask.ServiceBus.csproj b/src/DurableTask.ServiceBus/DurableTask.ServiceBus.csproj
index 36038afaa..724c67c17 100644
--- a/src/DurableTask.ServiceBus/DurableTask.ServiceBus.csproj
+++ b/src/DurableTask.ServiceBus/DurableTask.ServiceBus.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory),DurableTask.sln))\tools\DurableTask.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net462</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net48</TargetFrameworks>
     <PackageId>Microsoft.Azure.DurableTask.ServiceBus</PackageId>
     <Platforms>AnyCPU;x64</Platforms>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <Version>$(VersionPrefix)</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net462'">
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48'">
     <PackageReference Include="ImpromptuInterface" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.KeyVault.Core" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.Edm" />
diff --git a/test/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric.Integration.Tests/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric.Integration.Tests.csproj b/test/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric.Integration.Tests/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric.Integration.Tests.csproj
index 203744464..09d30327f 100644
--- a/test/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric.Integration.Tests/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric.Integration.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric.Integration.Tests/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric.Integration.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory),DurableTask.sln))\tools\DurableTask.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net462</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net48</TargetFramework>
     <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
     <Platforms>AnyCPU;x64</Platforms>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/test/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric.Tests/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric.Tests.csproj b/test/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric.Tests/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric.Tests.csproj
index c74247869..e409082a0 100644
--- a/test/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric.Tests/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric.Tests/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
     <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory),DurableTask.sln))\tools\DurableTask.props" />
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net462</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net48</TargetFramework>
         <Platforms>AnyCPU;x64</Platforms>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/test/DurableTask.AzureStorage.Tests/AzureStorageScenarioTests.cs b/test/DurableTask.AzureStorage.Tests/AzureStorageScenarioTests.cs
index aa4aa7026..c7fc9944b 100644
--- a/test/DurableTask.AzureStorage.Tests/AzureStorageScenarioTests.cs
+++ b/test/DurableTask.AzureStorage.Tests/AzureStorageScenarioTests.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace DurableTask.AzureStorage.Tests
     using Moq;
     using Newtonsoft.Json;
     using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
-#if !NET462
+#if !NET48
     using OpenTelemetry;
     using OpenTelemetry.Trace;
 #endif
@@ -1652,7 +1652,7 @@ public async Task LargeMessage_WithEscapedInstanceId_CanBeStoredAndFetchedSucces
 
                 // Use an instanceId that contains special characters which must be escaped in URIs
                 string id = "test|123:with white spcae";
-                var client = await host.StartOrchestrationAsync(typeof(Orchestrations.Echo), input:message, instanceId: id);
+                var client = await host.StartOrchestrationAsync(typeof(Orchestrations.Echo), input: message, instanceId: id);
                 var status = await client.WaitForCompletionAsync(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(2));
 
                 Assert.AreEqual(OrchestrationStatus.Completed, status?.OrchestrationStatus);
@@ -2633,7 +2633,7 @@ public async Task OrchestrationRejectsWithVersionMismatch()
             }
         }
 
-#if !NET462
+#if !NET48
         /// <summary>
         /// End-to-end test which validates a simple orchestrator function that calls an activity function
         /// and checks the OpenTelemetry trace information
@@ -2687,7 +2687,7 @@ public async Task OpenTelemetry_SayHelloWithActivity(bool enableExtendedSessions
             Assert.AreEqual(12, processor.Invocations.Count);
 
             // Checking tag values
-            string activity2TypeValue = activity2.Tags.First(k => (k.Key).Equals("durabletask.type" )).Value;
+            string activity2TypeValue = activity2.Tags.First(k => (k.Key).Equals("durabletask.type")).Value;
             string activity5TypeValue = activity5.Tags.First(k => (k.Key).Equals("durabletask.type")).Value;
             string activity8TypeValue = activity8.Tags.First(k => (k.Key).Equals("durabletask.type")).Value;
             string activity9TypeValue = activity9.Tags.First(k => (k.Key).Equals("durabletask.type")).Value;
diff --git a/test/DurableTask.AzureStorage.Tests/DurableTask.AzureStorage.Tests.csproj b/test/DurableTask.AzureStorage.Tests/DurableTask.AzureStorage.Tests.csproj
index 16b2e8449..df42c925b 100644
--- a/test/DurableTask.AzureStorage.Tests/DurableTask.AzureStorage.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/DurableTask.AzureStorage.Tests/DurableTask.AzureStorage.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory),DurableTask.sln))\tools\DurableTask.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net462</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net48</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net462'">
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48'">
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ConfigurationManager" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'net462'">
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'net48'">
     <!-- Increasing Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter to 1.0.0-beta.5 or beyond brings Systems.DiagnosticSource 7.x, which is uncompatible with netcoreapp3.1.
     The warning reads:
 	  "System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource 7.0.0-rc.1.22426.10 doesn't support netcoreapp3.1 and has not been tested with it
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\DurableTask.Test.Orchestrations\DurableTask.Test.Orchestrations.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net462'">
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48'">
     <Reference Include="System.Configuration" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/test/DurableTask.Core.Tests/DispatcherMiddlewareTests.cs b/test/DurableTask.Core.Tests/DispatcherMiddlewareTests.cs
index fa8e66951..8d57b77ed 100644
--- a/test/DurableTask.Core.Tests/DispatcherMiddlewareTests.cs
+++ b/test/DurableTask.Core.Tests/DispatcherMiddlewareTests.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 //  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 //  limitations under the License.
 //  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#if !NET462 // for some reasons these tests are not discoverable on 1ES, leading to the test getting aborted. TODO: Needs investigation
+#if !NET48 // for some reasons these tests are not discoverable on 1ES, leading to the test getting aborted. TODO: Needs investigation
 #nullable enable
 namespace DurableTask.Core.Tests
 {
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ public void EnsureOrchestrationExecutionContextSupportsDataContractSerialization
         [TestMethod]
         public async Task EnsureSubOrchestrationDispatcherMiddlewareHasAccessToRuntimeState()
         {
-            ConcurrentBag<OrchestrationExecutionContext> capturedContexts = new ConcurrentBag<OrchestrationExecutionContext>(); 
+            ConcurrentBag<OrchestrationExecutionContext> capturedContexts = new ConcurrentBag<OrchestrationExecutionContext>();
 
             for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++)
             {
diff --git a/test/DurableTask.Core.Tests/DurableTask.Core.Tests.csproj b/test/DurableTask.Core.Tests/DurableTask.Core.Tests.csproj
index 7198ae39e..7012064ad 100644
--- a/test/DurableTask.Core.Tests/DurableTask.Core.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/DurableTask.Core.Tests/DurableTask.Core.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory),DurableTask.sln))\tools\DurableTask.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net462</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net48</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/DurableTask.Emulator.Tests/DurableTask.Emulator.Tests.csproj b/test/DurableTask.Emulator.Tests/DurableTask.Emulator.Tests.csproj
index 75bd1d8de..f660dde7d 100644
--- a/test/DurableTask.Emulator.Tests/DurableTask.Emulator.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/DurableTask.Emulator.Tests/DurableTask.Emulator.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory),DurableTask.sln))\tools\DurableTask.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net462</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net48</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/DurableTask.Samples.Tests/DurableTask.Samples.Tests.csproj b/test/DurableTask.Samples.Tests/DurableTask.Samples.Tests.csproj
index 9552491d8..baf8f6d7c 100644
--- a/test/DurableTask.Samples.Tests/DurableTask.Samples.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/DurableTask.Samples.Tests/DurableTask.Samples.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 	<Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory),DurableTask.sln))\tools\DurableTask.props" />
 	<PropertyGroup>
-		<TargetFramework>net451</TargetFramework>
+		<TargetFramework>net48</TargetFramework>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/DurableTask.ServiceBus.Tests/DurableTask.ServiceBus.Tests.csproj b/test/DurableTask.ServiceBus.Tests/DurableTask.ServiceBus.Tests.csproj
index 6c01bd849..6029411f4 100644
--- a/test/DurableTask.ServiceBus.Tests/DurableTask.ServiceBus.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/DurableTask.ServiceBus.Tests/DurableTask.ServiceBus.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory),DurableTask.sln))\tools\DurableTask.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net462</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net48</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net462'">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48'">
     <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net462'">
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48'">
     <PackageReference Include="Azure.Data.Tables" />
     <PackageReference Include="Azure.Storage.Blobs" />
     <PackageReference Include="CommandLineParser" />
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     </None>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net462'">
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48'">
     <Reference Include="System.Configuration" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/test/DurableTask.Stress.Tests/DurableTask.Stress.Tests.csproj b/test/DurableTask.Stress.Tests/DurableTask.Stress.Tests.csproj
index b01b70cc3..0a04d077f 100644
--- a/test/DurableTask.Stress.Tests/DurableTask.Stress.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/DurableTask.Stress.Tests/DurableTask.Stress.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,32 +2,32 @@
 
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory),DurableTask.sln))\tools\DurableTask.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net462</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net48</TargetFrameworks>
     <StartupObject>DurableTask.Stress.Tests.Program</StartupObject>
     <ApplicationIcon />
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net462'">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48'">
     <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'net462'">
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'net48'">
     <None Remove="eventFlowConfig.json" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'net462'">
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'net48'">
     <Content Include="eventFlowConfig.json">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'net462'">
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'net48'">
     <PackageReference Include="CommandLineParser" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Diagnostics.EventFlow.Core" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net462'">
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48'">
     <PackageReference Include="CommandLineParser" />
     <PackageReference Include="EnterpriseLibrary.SemanticLogging" />
     <PackageReference Include="EnterpriseLibrary.SemanticLogging.TextFile" />
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\DurableTask.Test.Orchestrations\DurableTask.Test.Orchestrations.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'net462'">
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'net48'">
     <None Update="DurableTask.Stress.Tests.dll.config">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net462'">
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48'">
     <Reference Include="System.Configuration" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/test/DurableTask.Test.Orchestrations/DurableTask.Test.Orchestrations.csproj b/test/DurableTask.Test.Orchestrations/DurableTask.Test.Orchestrations.csproj
index c390fe115..c7cca9f0b 100644
--- a/test/DurableTask.Test.Orchestrations/DurableTask.Test.Orchestrations.csproj
+++ b/test/DurableTask.Test.Orchestrations/DurableTask.Test.Orchestrations.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory),DurableTask.sln))\tools\DurableTask.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net462</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net48</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
   
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/TestFabricApplication/TestApplication.Common/TestApplication.Common.csproj b/test/TestFabricApplication/TestApplication.Common/TestApplication.Common.csproj
index 47514cc60..16bc3aea5 100644
--- a/test/TestFabricApplication/TestApplication.Common/TestApplication.Common.csproj
+++ b/test/TestFabricApplication/TestApplication.Common/TestApplication.Common.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net462;net472</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net48;net472</TargetFrameworks>
     <Platforms>AnyCPU;x64</Platforms>
   </PropertyGroup>